Cigar-cutter.



G. J. SALVIOLO.

CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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CARIVIINE J". SALVIOLO, 0F BROOKLYN, NEYV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN H. ASTRUCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1910.

Application filed September 10, 1909. Serial No. 517,088.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GARMINE J. SALv1oLo, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar- Cutters, of which the following is a speci fication.

This invention relates to cigar cutters and its object is to provide a cheap and simple device for the purpose of removing the tips from cigars and collecting same.

The invention further provides for novel means in the construction of the cutter as will be more fully described in the follow ing specification, set forth in the claim and illustrated in the drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved cutter. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of same. Fig. 3 is a view showin the blank from which the cutter is ma e. Fig. 4: shows the blank from which the plunger is constructed. Fig. 5 shows a similar cutter for pocket use.

The cutter consists of an upright cylinder 10 having an opening 11 with beveled edges, the cylinder being mounted on legs 12 and having its lower end open so that the tips from the cigar when out may fall through and on to the tray 13 to which the legs 12 are riveted.

Within the cylinder operates a vertical plunger 14 which is retained against removal and against rotation by means of a pin 15 which passes from one side of the cylinder to the other and plays in a slot 16 at each side of the plunger. Confined between the pin 15 and the head 17 of the plunger is a spring 18 which presses the plunger upward and keeps it in its elevated .postion. The lower end of the plunger has an indent 19 with a knife edge and which normally registers with the upper end of the opening 11 but when the end of the cigar is inserted in the opening 11 and the plunger depressed, the edge of this indent readily removes the tip which falls through the opening at the lower end of the cutter and into the tray 13. The tray is also used to receive ashes and burned matches and is made portable by means of the cutter itself.

The device may thus be made an attractive and useful addition to tables around which smokers may be congregated or in such other places as it may be necessary to use such an article.

The cutter is made from sheet metal blanks such as shown in Figs. 3 and 4: and where the cylinder blank is cut as shown and in addition to the perforation 11, the perforations 20 are provided for the cross pin 15 and holds 21, or made for rivets to secure the legs 12 to the tray.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 5 a cutter is made for the pocket, and a ring 22 is formed around the lower end in order to strengthen same, the cutter being identical with the above description except that the legs are omitted.

The cutter when finished may be appropriately decorated and made an attractive and ornamental feature for dining or card tables or for other uses that may be found desirable.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a cigar cutter, the combination with a sheet metal cylinder having an opening in its side and depending legs, of a tray to which the legs are attached, a plunger playing in the cylinder and through its upper end and having slots and a knife edge, a pin extending through the cylinder and the slots in the plunger, a cap on the plunger and a spring confined between the pin and the cap to normally hold the plunger in its elevated position.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this ninth day of September A. D. 1909.

CARMINE J. SALVIOLO.

Witnesses:

JAMEs F. DUHAMEL, DORA C. ANDERsEN. 

